Hi, I took Miss Cleo to the Vet tonight and she has lice. Poor thing! She also is bloated with gas. She did have gas on her xray that they took after she lost her pup around a month ago. It showed gas again tonight with another xray. She is almost full of gas the poor thing.

I have Revolution to give her and the other three. My Vet said to bleach the cages with a 10% solution and throw out anything that could not be cleaned. I will also have to comb out the nits on her and see if the other two have nits as well.

As for the gas she said to try just giving her Vit C supplements and hay and then start reintroducing pellets a week later and then veggies a week after that to see if that makes a difference. She is eating and drinking normally and her poop is normal. I give her KM's pellets, Timothy hay and fresh veggies daily. Usually I give red lettuce, green lettuce (not iceburg), red, green, orange peppers, parsley, she loves broccoli but I don't give her it very often. I usually give one type of veg in the morning and switch in the afternoon.

I have been giving her treats called Nibble Rings and I am wondering if this is the culprit. It says on the package that it is made from field fresh grains plus alfafa. None of my other three pigs are having problems.

Is there anything I can give her for the gas? I am just checking to see what I can do for her.

Well the Oval did the trick, Miss Cleo is moving around alot more and seems happier. I did go and get some Ivermectin from GE Pharmacy and the girl behind the counter offered me a generic brand Noromectin which was half of the price.

Has anyone used this before? It's a 50ml bottle with each mL containing 10 mg of invermectin. It's made by Walco.

I will have to get a needle syringe from work on Monday and drip it onto the underside of their ears. I just want to make sure that I am doing it right.

I thought that I had to comb them out. I am to dose them again with Revolution and I am going to dose them with intervec tonight as well.
I never did see any lice just the nits on the bottom of the hair by her ears. My other three have the nits as well. Do I still try and comb them out and dose again with both or forget the combing and just dose?

Thanks!
Whew, I was worried there for a bit.
I haven't seen any bugs whatsover so that is a relief.
I will dose them then and try a better comb but if I can't get them all I won't stress my piggies out.

I noticed about two weeks ago that Miss Cleo was squeaking in pain when she was peeing/pooping and saw a spot of blood on her towel she was also bloated.

I took her into the vet and they took and xray and she was full of gas again. I have been giving her critical care for 7 days about 50 to 75 cc a day.

I noticed that she would poop out a ball of smooshy stuff after the critical care. Now she is not doing that which is good. Also I was giving her met cam daily for 7 days.

She is really good at taking it, she will reach for the syringe if I am not fast enough. She also takes vitiman C from my hand as well.

Her bloating is down alot and she is no longer squeaking when she poops. Her poops are mostly normal a little bit smaller than my males but drier than they have been.

I have been still giving her a feeding of critical care every second day. Does it hurt to keep on giving her the critical care?
I am feeding her KM pellets, timothy hay and limited veggies for now.
Does it sound like she might have had a bit of a blockage?

I have ordered a cavy kit from little piggie marketplace and hope to use some of the supplies from there as well.

Should I ask my vet for reglan? She seemed pretty cavy savvy and was really good with Miss Cleo.